Halloween Newsletter and BOOk Discounts!

A jack-o-lantern-headed jester holds a trick-or-treat bucket resembling a jester's head.

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Halloween is upon us! And I've been busy doing writing-related projects in relation to the holiday. One is the Halloween edition of my free author's newsletter, "Night Creatures' Call" which is now out. Be sure to check your in-boxes if you haven't done so. If you're not subscribed the newsletter, you can do so here.

Also going on now through the Halloween/Day of the Dead weekend is a sale on my books! You'll find more about that below. But first, I just wanted to share with you a comment of mine to a YouTube video I watched a while back about the extensive commercialisation of Halloween. This time of year offers plenty of opportunity to make a sale (as with my discounted books listed below), but we must remember that the hallowday is primarily about the community, both living and dead.

Blogger's Response to Video, 'Halloween is Dying'

(I encourage you to watch the video at the link above to get a better understanding of my comment. It's a really interesting video.)

I totally agree. The hype ruins the holiday for many people and they don't even know it. I was taught not to fall for the commercial hype and I still don't. I avoid the seasonal sections in stores at least until it gets to be about a month away from the holiday itself (that is, if there's anything left by then). When we fall for the corporate establishment's hype, it drowns out the meaning of the holiday, and for some of us, desecrates it. I don't like being rushed with the holidays or with seasons; I like to live in the moment.

However, for some, when it comes to leaving decorations up, especially for Christmas, for two or so weeks after, that's not so much for falling for commercial hype than it is for turning back to religious traditions that the commercial hype actually had cut off. Before Christmas was commercialised, it was actually celebrated from Christmas day to 12 days after. Hence, the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. The ancient Celts (ancestors of today's Irish and Scotts), celebrated Samhain, the holiday that became Halloween, for a week or two. So, there are certain peoples that celebrate certain holidays from its designated date through several days after for traditional cultural purposes that commercialism actually turned into cumulative holidays for the stores' sales to work up to. . . .

Halloween BOOk Discounts!

Now and through the Hallo-Weekend are literary treats to grab for! The treats: marked down prices of my books! Each book has something to satisfy your Halloween reading and more: black magic and the paranormal in "The Fool's Illusion"; alien zombies that kill people from their tombs in "The Trespassers"; archeological horror in "Circa Sixty Years Dead"; and the title story in "The Boo Brothers" set at Halloween! Even if you already have all these books, consider purchasing more for treats to give to your loved ones! These books at their reduced prices as listed below can only be found at Amazon.

Due to implications with Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing pricing system, you will only see the comparison between the reduced and regular prices here.

Discounted Books at Amazon

The Fool's Illusion

Ebook: Discounted price $2.99; Regular price $4.99

Print: Discounted Price $7.99; Regular Price $10.99

The Boo Brothers: Two Tales of Terror

Print Only: Discounted price $4.60; Regular Price $6.20

The Trespassers

Ebook: Discounted Price $0.99; Regular Price $1.99

Print: Discounted Price $4.60; Regular Price $6.20

Circa Sixty Years Dead

Print Only: Discounted price $4.60; Regular Price $5.99

Be here next Wednesday, November 5th, for another Insecure Writer's Support Group blog hop!

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!

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